A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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Page 115
20 The only course , as he saw it , was to strengthen the hands of the more
respectable and to improve , if possible , the moral character of the inferior class
of settlers which , he believed , sank lower and lower from the want of those
outward ...
20 The only course , as he saw it , was to strengthen the hands of the more
respectable and to improve , if possible , the moral character of the inferior class
of settlers which , he believed , sank lower and lower from the want of those
outward ...
Page 128
They wrote of improvident settlers going to merchants for a chest of tea , for bags
of sugar , gallons of rum , and slops for their men , and telling the merchant : ' Sir ,
I have no money ' . The foolish settlers , like the foolish virgins , gave warrants ...
They wrote of improvident settlers going to merchants for a chest of tea , for bags
of sugar , gallons of rum , and slops for their men , and telling the merchant : ' Sir ,
I have no money ' . The foolish settlers , like the foolish virgins , gave warrants ...
Page 260
As for migrant labour , the settlers feared the colony would be saturated with a
class of persons worse than convicts , because they would be far less under
control . Government , they believed , had been seduced by the example of
America ...
As for migrant labour , the settlers feared the colony would be saturated with a
class of persons worse than convicts , because they would be far less under
control . Government , they believed , had been seduced by the example of
America ...
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Contents
DARKNESS | 1 |
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 Volume 2 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2011 |
| ISBN | 0522838219, 9780522838213 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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